“Color footage with original audio shot backstage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on September 1st, 1968. Features Jim Morrison on a piano reciting poetry later known as ‘Ode To Friedrich Nietzsche’. Robby Krieger performs ‘Arthritis Blues’ and Ray Manzarek performs ‘Dahomey Dance’. John Densmore, Dorothy Fujikawa, and Lynn Krieger are present. Poetry reading by Jim Morrison with original audio.”

This was the first concert I ever attended! I sat in the ampitheater for this one, but usually sat on the lawn for others. Am I crazy, or could you get lawn seats using Green Stamps that first year or two? Does anyone remember this?

For post 3: Yes, that was correct, based on my research and some of the vintage program books I own, Green Stamps were valid for SPAC ticket purchases. SPAC tried VERY hard in its early years to work within the community and local businesses — something that it lost sight of years ago.

The answer is that this footage was posted on YouTube only a few months ago, officially, by the organization handling The Doors’ audio/video archive. This leads me to wonder how much additional footage exists of this occasion, backstage or on-stage. Considering that SPAC’s 50th anniversary is in July 2016, a widespread call for footage is in order, if SPAC management even cares.